1ADJ [ADJ n](一系列事物中)第 n 次的,第 n 位的 If you refer to the most recent item in a series of things as the nth item, you are emphasizing the number of times something has happened. (一系列事物中)第 n 次的,第 n 位的 [emphasis]
The story was raised with me for the nth time two days before the article appeared.
在我第n次被问及这件事情的两天后,相关文章登了出来。
2PHRASE [PHRASE after verb, n PHRASE]极度地;极大程度上 If something is done to the nth degree, it is done to an extreme degree. 极度地;极大程度上 [emphasis]